Corn check-rower



(Mmm J. W; SMITH.

GORN CHECK ROWBR.

No. 270,497.. Patented Jan.- 9, 1883.

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NTTnD STATES PATENT Ormea.

JAMES XV. SMITH, OF GREEN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAOKSOT BROWN, OF LOUISVILLE, KANSAS.

\ CORN CHECK-ROWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,497, dated January 9, 1863.

Application fletlOctobcr 2l, 1882. ('No model.)

To all zrhom yit may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. SMITH, a citizen of the U'nited States, residing at Green, in the county of 'Clayy and State of Kansas,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn Check-Bowers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein'to the accompanying' drawings. r

to This invention relates to improvements in check-row corn-planters; and it consists in the construct-ion, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. .v5 In'the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of my maehine. Fig. 2 is a side View, showing the grain-box in vertical section. Fig. 3a is a detached sectional view on line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig.

it is a detached View, showing the mechanism 2o for operating the grain-slide, and Fig. 5 is a section on line g/ y, Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I employ the bar a', secured centrally to the tongue a, and extending at right angles thereto, as shown.

To the opposite ends of bar a', I secure the forward end of the sled-runners b, .which are curved down to the ground and extended rearward, and their standards b' support the grainboxes,hereinafter described, and are made hollow, so as to deliver the grain from the grainboxes to the ground in the operation of the machine, as will be described.

c c are the grain-boxes, supported on the standard b', and provided with a hole, c',

55 through their bottom board, opening into the hollow standard b.

c2 is a bar secured between the front and rear sides of the grain-box, directly over 'the opening c', and a sufficient distance above the 4o bottom ot the box to permit the grain-slide to move under it.

a2 is a brace-board, secured centrally to the rear of the tongue a, and having its opposite ends made f-.ist to the grain-boxes c.

d is the grain-slide, the opposite ends of which work through openings in the sides of the boxes c and extend under the bar c2, and are provided with openings d', arranged on opposite sides of the bar c2. This slide is given inalter described,aml it will be seen that when the openings d are out. from under the bar c2 they are lilled with corn or the other grain being planted, and as the oscillating motion is given to the slide the hole d comes under the bar c2 over the hole c,and the grain passes through the hole c and hollow standard b into the ground.

d2 is a staple or loop, secured on slide d, for the purpose hereinafter described. 6c

e is the shaft or axle, which is journaled in bearings c', secured on the rear side of boxes c. This shaft is provided with a wheel, e2, which is keyed on the said shaft, and is provided in its periphery with a cam-groove, e3,

j' is an arch, having its arms bent around the shaft e on opposite sides of the wheel e2.

f' is the arm which gives the oscillating movement to the grain-slides. Its rear end is pivoted on the arch f, and it is carried over 7o the wheel e2 and bent .aroundlthe under side of said wheel, as shown, so that its rear end cannot be forced up by the arch f being raised by the revolution of the shaft, and the arm j" is carried forward from the under side of the ,75 wheel e2, and is extended through the staple d2, forming a connection between the barf and the grain-slide.

f2 is a pin projected from the under side of bar f into the slot e3 in the wheel e2. Thus 8o it will be seen that as the shaft e is revolved the forward end ofthe arm j" is thrown from side to side, carrying with it the grain-slide and planting the corn.

In order to give the rotating motion to the shaft e, I employ the wheel g, fixed on one end thereof, and provided with the spokes g. The hub of this wheel I make in two pieces, clamped on either side of the converging ends of the spoke g', and secured together by screws. It 9o will be seen it is but the work of a moment to turn the screws and push the spokes in or draw them out, so as to increase or diminish the circumference of the wheel, so as to plant the hills nearer together or farther apart, as may be required by the condition or nature of the soily being planted. On the opposite end of the shaft e, l secure the marker for marking an oscillating motion by the mechanism h'ere- :,o

the corn-hills, composed of the hub b and the two marking-arms b', projected radially from the hub in opposite directions. These arms are made adjustable in the hub, so they may be adjusted to correspond to the spokes in wheel g.

By this construction it will be seen that my machine may be adjusted to plant ground reqnirimgr the hills near together, and also where the hills are necessarily farther apart, as may be required by the nature ot' the soil or other causes. j

Having;v thus described my invention. what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. ln a corn-planter, the mechanism for operating the grain-slide, consisting of a wheel or roller seemed upon the axle and having formed around its circumference cam-slot, of an operating-lever pivoted to an arc the ends ot' which arejonrnaled to the axle upon each side ot' the cam-wheel, said lever being* bent over the top and around the lower side ofthe cam-wheel, and from thence turned and car i ried to the grain-slide, to which it is secured in l a suitable, loop, and said lever is further provided with a pin or stud, which eng-ages with the camslot, whereby the revolution of the axle and cam-wheel transmits an oscillating motion to the operating-lever and grainslide, as set forth.

2. In a seeder, the axle e, provided with a wheel, e2, having cam-slot e3 cut around its circumference, in combination with the jonrnaled are fand pivoted arm f', said arm being provided with a stud, f2., substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a seeding-machine, the shaft e, camwheel c2, journaled arc f, pvoted arm j", provided with stnd f2. in combination with the grain-slide d, provided with loop d2 to receive.

the operating arm, substantiallyy as described. In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of' two witnesses.

JAMES V. SMITH.. Witnesses:

S. T. ALLIsoN, F. M. OOFFEL. 

